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Poverty

Speaking of human rights, how many violations have I encountered in my life?

October 13, 2011 by "Kitty Corey" 1 Comment

We never had enough food for all five children in our house and I don`t remember ever having an orange. My earliest memories are of a drunken father beating my mother and then in turn my mother yelling at me that I was ugly and I had the ugliest disposition she ever saw. After my […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in social services, Gender Class Intersections, Money, Poverty Tagged With: bullying, human rights, low-wage jobs, poverty, welfare

Remember When It Was Poster Board?: Computer Technologies and School Disadvantage

August 11, 2011 by Paul C. Gorski 8 Comments

Remember when it was the poster board? I do. I remember my elementary school classmates—Russell, Missy, Jake—who could never afford it, who would raise their hands meekly, eyes downcast, when the teacher asked, “Who needs help getting poster board?” I pitied them and wondered what else they couldn’t afford: a pack of National Football League […]

Filed Under: Classism in K-12 Education, Online Classism, Poverty Tagged With: class, computers, digital divide, education, poverty, technology

Query: How to open discussion with a poor-basher?

June 29, 2011 by Lena Rothman 5 Comments

Dear Class Action, What should I do? My neighbor in my conservative rural town emailed this racist/classist piece of junk to me. I need some advice on what to do next. I asked the one who sent it to me and another womyn if they had any interest in coming to my house and watching […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in Politics, Poverty, Race and Class, Spirituality and Ending Classism Tagged With: budget cuts, classism, health care, poor-bashing, poverty, public services, racism

Middle Class Brats?

April 9, 2011 by Linda Carney-Goodrich 21 Comments

I fear I am raising spoiled-rotten, middle-class brats. I fear I am raising the very kind of children I would have hated as a child. Why? Because they are comfortable and cozy and have everything they need in their day-to-day lives. They do not go hungry. They do not wear shoes with holes or ones […]

Filed Under: Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life, Poverty Tagged With: kids, middle class, parenting, poverty, Rationalizing privilege

Caregiver Unions: Much Needed But Most Vulnerable Now

February 22, 2011 by Steve Early Leave a Comment

Often overlooked amid the current attacks on long-established public sector unions around the country is the threat to recently organized workers, who are the lowest paid and most badly treated. When “regular” state workers are under attack, it’s not easy to improve the conditions of a contingent workforce of direct care providers at the bottom […]

Filed Under: Classism in Politics, Classism in the Economy, Poverty Tagged With: budget cuts, poverty, union-bashing

Defending my vibrant neighborhood

November 18, 2010 by Julie Joy Leave a Comment

Recently four people were killed about ten houses away from where I grew up in Mattapan, a neighborhood of Boston. The neighborhood was maligned by the media coverage which plastered the headlines “Massacre in Mattapan” in large print across the 6:00 news every night. That image of Mattapan was permanently emblazoned across the minds of […]

Filed Under: Class in the Media, Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life, Classism in K-12 Education, Poverty Tagged With: classism, kids, poverty, racism

A Wealth of Whammies for Youth in Poverty

November 12, 2010 by Paul C. Gorski 12 Comments

It is unjust enough that scores of young people in the United States are denied basic human rights; that even in a country which paints itself as a global model of human rights, kids go without food, safe and affordable housing, equitable schooling opportunities, and healthcare. Heck, in a country with the level of resources […]

Filed Under: Classism in K-12 Education, Poverty Tagged With: kids, meritocracy, poverty, Ruby Payne

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